Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 12:20:51 10/18/01
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On October 18, 2001 at 05:44:43, Paul wrote: >On October 18, 2001 at 03:34:27, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>On October 18, 2001 at 02:44:50, Terry McCracken wrote: >> >>>On October 18, 2001 at 02:32:45, Terry McCracken wrote: >>> >>>>[D]4qknr/r1b2pp1/2Q1p3/2PpP1Bp/3P1N1N/8/P4PPP/5RK1 W >>>> >>>> >>>>How well do today's programs do in this position? >>>>I think they should solve it in fairly quick time. >>>>The endgame which follows is also of interest. >>>> >>>>Terry >>> >>> >>>Solution: 1.Qxe6!!..fxe6 2.Nhg6+..Qxg6 3.Nxg6+..Ke8 4.Nxh8..Ra4 5.Rd1..Ne7 >>>6.Bxe7..Kxe7 7.Ng6+..Kf7 8.Nf4..Bxe5 9.dxe5..Rxf4 10.Rc1..Ke8 11.c6..Kd8 >>>12.c7+..Kc8 13.g3..Ra4 14.Rc6..Rxa2 15.Rxe6..g5 16.Rd6..Rd2 17.e6..Kxc7 >>>18.e7! 1-0 >> >> >> >>Chess Tiger for Palm (engine version 14.7) plays Qxe6 in 4 seconds (Palm m505 >>ov. to 54MHz). >> >> >> >> Christophe > >Hi Christophe & Terry, > >Yes, Qxe6 is easy ... but does it also find white's second move, Nhg6+? Mine >wants to play Nxe6+ ... I really don't understand the line above, especially 3 >... Ke8, why not fxg6? Grandmaster stuff I suppose? Terry? > >Groetjes, >Paul Grandmaster stuff? I think anyone over 1800 can handle this with a little effort. So what's your point? Terry
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